Hi Linda, I read your lovely profile today. I chuckled when I read what you said about the ‘fancy-title’ for a teacher’s aide. Though, indeed, “Para-Professional” is a more suitable and accurate title. The title ‘Teacher Aide’ was banned from our County, long, long time ago. Now they are called Assistant Teachers or Para-Professionals. They are all certified and given vital tasks to justify their ‘fancy-title’ and they are truly deserving of much, much more in recognition for their contributions to our classrooms.